United in the Truth
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Christians must maintain unity in the truth, not at the expense of truth. Today, R.C. Sproul illustrates why true harmony in the church can never come from compromising sound doctrine.
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R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
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| 0:00.0 | We have no higher calling than to know who God is. |
| 0:04.0 | Join Ligdair Ministries for our 2027 National Conference in Orlando. |
| 0:09.0 | Together with Christians from around the world, we'll gather to hear biblical teaching on the glorious attributes of God, |
| 0:16.0 | equipping us to serve Him faithfully and pursue his glory in every sphere of life. |
| 0:21.9 | Save 35% on your registration with the early bird rate at Ligonier.org slash |
| 0:27.7 | 27. |
| 0:29.4 | The church is always plagued with errors, or at least members who are in error, in their thinking |
| 0:36.3 | and in their belief. |
| 0:37.4 | But when an error becomes so serious, members who are in error, in their thinking and in their belief. |
| 0:38.1 | But when an error becomes so serious that it threatens the very life of the church, when |
| 0:46.0 | it begins to approach a doctrinal mistake that affects the essentials of the Christian faith, |
| 0:53.4 | then the church has had to rally to stand up and say, |
| 0:57.0 | this is not what we believe, and that this false belief is heresy and cannot be tolerated |
| 1:03.8 | within the visible church. |
| 1:17.1 | As Christians, we must stand for truth and be united by that truth. |
| 1:20.7 | Hello and welcome to this Tuesday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 1:24.8 | This week, R.C. Sproles' focus is on the doctrine of the church. He explored why there is division in the church, and today he'll |
| 1:28.8 | consider the unity we have in the truth. Let's hear from R.C. Now. We're looking at the doctrine |
| 1:38.7 | of the church, the bride of Christ. How do we understand the characteristics of a church? We've looked at |
| 1:46.4 | the ancient creeds which declared the four qualifications for the Church of Christ, that |
| 1:52.9 | it is one holy, Catholic, and apostolic. And we've begun this study by looking first of all at this concept of the oneness or the |
| 2:06.2 | unity of the church. |
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